From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
To all departments regarding restrictions on trunk calls and procedures for private telephone calls.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan132 | |
| Date | 29th June 1939 | |
| Page [crossed out] All Testers 1204 To all Departments D1/DL29.6.39. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} writes as follows :- "Will you please circulate the following :- Please bear in mind that trunk calls between London and Derby should, whenever possible, be confined to the special reservation we have daily from 3 p.m. It is seldom that a trunk call is so urgent that it cannot wait until then. " D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} To all Departments D2/DL29.6.39. Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} writes as follows :- "Please circulate the following :- Should anyone wish to use the telephone for private purposes, before asking for the number they require, they should inform our operator that it is a private call. The operator will then make arrangements for the user to be charged for the call." D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||